Filename Conventions

The 404 error page, which is opened when a nonexistent file is requested.

Many of the page files (.html files) and Flash files (.swf files) have consistent naming conventions. For example, the page file for a Teen Girl Squad issue is "tgsX.html", where X is the issue number. The same goes for Strong Bad Emails ("sbemailX.html", with a handful of exceptions), and Marzipan's Answering Machine (answerX.html).

Sometimes, the page file relates to the toon. For example, A Jorb Well Done is "cantsayjob.html". Usually, the Flash file will have the same filename as the html page, but there are some exceptions. If this is not the case, the Flash file may be found by viewing the page source and reading the filename from the line that includes "<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="FILENAME.swf">".

Other Domains

Harmless Junk, Inc. also hosts other domains, such as videlectrix.com, thoraxcorp.com mild language, and whatthepfargtl.com. The first two of those websites are based on companies within the Homestar Runner universe, and the last is based on a toon, but the site was never set up and expired April 30, 2008.

Email Addresses

Until late 2015, "brotherschaps@homestarrunner.com" was the personal email address of The Brothers Chaps, the creators of Homestar Runner, while "strongbad@homestarrunner.com" is the email address for sending Strong Bad Emails. In sbemail206, it was suggested that any future emails should be sent via Twitter to @StrongBadActual.

Remarks

Homestarrunner.com does not pass the W3C Validation Test, at least not on many of its pages. This is mainly due to no DOCTYPE and because it uses the EMBED HTML Object (which is is not valid HTML 4.01; you must use flash satay in order to bypass validation errors.)

Currently, the website is not supported by mobile browsers, as it is made up almost entirely of Flash files. It was suggested in Flash is Dead! that by circa February 2016, the website (or any future additions to it) would be in HTML5 format. It is not only more secure, but its video format is supported by some mobile browsers. In addition, selected toons and Strong Bad Emails can be viewed from mobile devices via official YouTube uploads. However, this time has passed and the prediction has not come true, though the first toon released after that timeframe, Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2, uses YouTube's player.